Prince Johnson

Prince Johnson (6 July 1952-) was a Senator of Liberia who was the founder of the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia (INPFL) and one of the rebel leaders during the First Liberian Civil War. It was the INPFL that killed President Samuel Doe and overthrew his regime.

Biography
Prince Johnson was born on 6 July 1952 in Tapeta, Nimba County, Liberia and was raised in the capital of Monrovia by his uncle. While serving with the Liberian National Guard, he was trained in both Liberia and America, and he served as the stern disciplinarian aide to Thomas Quiwonkpa. Johnson followed Quiwonkpa into exile after a failed coup against Samuel Doe's government, and Johnson later joined Charles Doe's National Patriotic Front of Liberia during the First Liberian Civil War of 1989-1996. Johnson went on to form his own group, the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia, and in summer of 1990 his forces took over most of Monrovia. In September, Samuel Doe was captured and executed by Johnson's men, sipping a Budweiser beer as he saw his men brutalize Doe and cut off his ear. Johnson fled to Nigeria to avoid Taylor's forces, and he played no role in the Second Liberian Civil War. In March 2004, he returned to Liberia after Taylor's resignation, having converted to Christianity while in Nigeria. In 2005, Johnson became a senator from Nimba County.